web01.fireside.fm Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:42:11 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) ex.haust - Episodes Tagged with “Progress” https://exhaust.fireside.fm/tags/progress Tue, 23 Nov 2021 23:00:00 -0800 Co-hosts Emmet and John plumb the depths of history, culture, and philosophy to understand why it is that despite calamities and rapid change nothing feels possible anymore. Guests include artists, scholars, and thinkers from all over the world. Subscribe to our Patreon to receive 2 extra exclusive episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/exhaust en-us episodic A podcast about political, cultural, and psychological exhaustion and why nothing feels possible. Emmet Penney Co-hosts Emmet and John plumb the depths of history, culture, and philosophy to understand why it is that despite calamities and rapid change nothing feels possible anymore. Guests include artists, scholars, and thinkers from all over the world. Subscribe to our Patreon to receive 2 extra exclusive episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/exhaust yes politics, culture, history, philosophy Emmet Penney emmetmpenney@gmail.com Episode 66: Guns, Coal, and Power: Three Takes on Human Development and the Illusion of Progress https://exhaust.fireside.fm/66 c5a279f9-5569-41cb-9abb-b0a5f4dd7611 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 23:00:00 -0800 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney Canada Mike and Emmet take a look at three pieces to consider different lenses for human development. The first is an essay on Engels by Wolfgang Streeck, the second is a lecture on thermoeconomics by John Constable, and the third is an overview of arguments for human evolution by Michael E. Mann. Emmet and Mike touch on the Meiji restoration, why we should read old thinkers, British coal, why Steven Pinker sucks, what kind of revolution was the Industrial Revolution, civilizational skillsets, and more! 1:12:08 yes Canada Mike and Emmet take a look at three pieces to consider different lenses for human development. The first is an essay on Engels by Wolfgang Streeck (https://pure.mpg.de/rest/items/item_3239575/component/file_3329111/content), the second is a lecture on thermoeconomics by John Constable (http://www.libellus.co.uk/uploads/jc_energy_entropy_wealth_2016.pdf), and the third is an overview of arguments for human evolution by Michael E. Mann (https://www.jstor.org/stable/24717534). Emmet and Mike touch on the Meiji restoration, why we should read old thinkers, British coal, why Steven Pinker sucks, what kind of revolution was the Industrial Revolution, civilizational skillsets, and more! Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month! (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) Closing Song: Kids See Ghost - Feel the Love (KEIFERGR33N) (https://www.keifergr33n.com/music) Special Guest: Mike. steven pinker, wolfgang streeck, engels, japan, meiji, britain, coal, history, thermoeconomics, progress, america, WWII, navy Canada Mike and Emmet take a look at three pieces to consider different lenses for human development. The first is an essay on Engels by Wolfgang Streeck, the second is a lecture on thermoeconomics by John Constable, and the third is an overview of arguments for human evolution by Michael E. Mann. Emmet and Mike touch on the Meiji restoration, why we should read old thinkers, British coal, why Steven Pinker sucks, what kind of revolution was the Industrial Revolution, civilizational skillsets, and more!

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]]> [teaser] The True and Only Heaven 3: Nostalgia ft. Canada Mike https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p14t 4eb01506-8ace-4ac0-bfab-f2e8b3a73149 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 12:00:00 -0700 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney Canada Mike fills in for John for the third installment of our series on Lasch's True and Only Heaven. Mike and Emmet detail Lasch's argument and consider the necessary relationship between progressive ideology and nostalgia. They talk about living in an eternal present, Cormac McCarthy as subverter of American tropes, the frontier as a "zone of innocence" and more. 7:46 yes Canada Mike fills in for John for the third installment of our series on Lasch's True and Only Heaven. Mike and Emmet detail Lasch's argument and consider the necessary relationship between progressive ideology and nostalgia. They talk about living in an eternal present, Cormac McCarthy as subverter of American tropes, the frontier as a "zone of innocence" and more. This a Teaser. Subscribe to get the rest of these episodes and the back catalog of our exclusive episodes. Patreon episodes come out twice a month. (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) nostalgia, lasch, progressivism, cormac mccarthy, progress Canada Mike fills in for John for the third installment of our series on Lasch's True and Only Heaven. Mike and Emmet detail Lasch's argument and consider the necessary relationship between progressive ideology and nostalgia. They talk about living in an eternal present, Cormac McCarthy as subverter of American tropes, the frontier as a "zone of innocence" and more.

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]]> Episode 53: The Lasch Files: The True and Only Heaven pt. I https://exhaust.fireside.fm/53 bc877a7f-ec32-4ad3-ad88-e96e8ede169c Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:15:00 -0700 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney Emmet and John begin their series on Lasch's book The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics." 1:19:00 yes Emmet and John begin their series on Lasch's book The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics." They lay out the general premise, debate whether or not Lasch was a degrowther, reflect on the impact of the 70s energy crisis, and more! Subscribe to the Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month. (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) We now have merch (http://tee.pub/lic/k8eEk8bR5-8). Song: "Playpen of Dissent" by Stuck (https://stuckchi.bandcamp.com/album/content-that-makes-you-feel-good). christopher lasch, cold war, leftism, chesa boudin, gop, progressivism, progress, history, republican Emmet and John begin their series on Lasch's book The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics." They lay out the general premise, debate whether or not Lasch was a degrowther, reflect on the impact of the 70s energy crisis, and more!

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Song: "Playpen of Dissent" by Stuck.

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